How the Go-Go’s emerged from the L.A. punk scene in the late ’70s to become the first and only female band to have a number one album in Beauty and the Beat.
Los Angeles
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Finding Los Angeles with Anthony Bourdain
“How Bourdain’s work reoriented one writer’s engagement with people and places around him.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week’s edition highlights stories by Skip Hollandsworth, Arielle Isack, J.R. Moehringer, Romina Cenisio, and Daniel Miller.
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How Two Friends Sparked L.A.’s Sushi Obsession — and Changed the Way America Eats
“The aim, in essence, was to create a sushi ecosystem for Los Angeles. Would it work?”
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The (Un)holy Gospel of Suga Free
“There’s a thin line between isolation and serenity, and Suga Free needs nobody but Suga Free.”
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Are We Having Fun Yet?!: The Oral History of ‘Party Down’
“As the Starz comedy makes an unlikely return to air, its creators look back on creating a unique inside-Hollywood workplace sitcom, scrapping through a difficult development period, and getting gold from Adam Scott, Ken Marino, and Jane Lynch.”
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Avenging Billy
“How amateur sleuths took on a gay porn actor’s haunting Hollywood murder.”
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Molly’s Last Ride
“Twelve-year-old Molly Steinsapir crashed onto the pavement from a Rad Power e-bike and never woke up. With a poorly regulated e-bike industry, who is responsible when a child dies?”
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No Way to Live
“As Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass declares a state of emergency on housing, residents like Sarah Fay live on the brink of being unhoused.”
Posted inNonfiction
‘Stay Away From Miller’
A pioneering humanities program shaped a generation of students and brought acclaim to a public high school in Los Angeles. But beneath the excellence lurked a culture of abuse.